There was a time, a decade or so ago, I would have been in wholehearted agreement with you. Then we started literally tearing down statues of our own for the most ridiculous reasons presented by the least serious people in our land; western culture no longer holds the moral high ground we once did.
Egypt's ancient relics are no safer here than they are in Egypt given the absurd flights of whimsy we now allow to drive public policy.
Well said.